"Cruz in Sheffield, whom he severely punished and stopped in six rounds. Hamed's popularity grew, his unorthodox style winning a large fan base and his boxing antics generating a large group of detractors. After signing for Frank Warren, Hamed, employing more spectacular entrances, knocked out better opposition in Enrique Angeles and Juan Polo Pérez, both within two rounds. Later in 1995, after controversially being named the WBO #1 featherweight contender (despite never having boxed at that weight), Hamed moved up to face Wales' defending WBO champion Steve Robinson. After dominating the bout and scoring a knockdown in round 5, Hamed"
"Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed (; born 12 February 1974), commonly known as ""Prince"" Naseem or ""Naz"", is an English former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002. He held multiple world championships at featherweight, including the WBO title from 1995 to 2000; the IBF title in 1997; and the WBC title from 1999 to 2000. He also reigned as lineal champion from 1998 to 2001; IBO champion from 2002 to 2003; and held the European bantamweight title from 1994 to 1995. Hamed is ranked as the best British featherweight boxer of all time by BoxRec. In 2015 he was"
"""Prince"" Naseem Hamed from Sheffield, was one of the most famous boxers of the 1990s; he won world championships in the Bantamweight (EBU) and Featherweight (IBF, IBO, WBC and WBO) divisions. Yorkshire has produced several noted athletes; 100 metre runner Dorothy Hyman won three gold medals in the Commonwealth Games and one in the European Athletics Championships, middle-distance runner Peter Elliott also won gold at the Commonwealth Games. Adrian Moorhouse was a gold medal winning Olympian in swimming, earning victory at the 1988 Summer Olympics, he also won gold at three European Championships and three Commonwealth Games. Yorkshire hosted the"
"Hamed up to £1 million plus legal costs, as Burgin was deemed unable ever to work again. Burgin was later arrested and charged with dangerous driving for an incident alleged to have involved Eleasha Hamed (the wife of Naseem) on 19 April 2007. Burgin pleaded not guilty, and appeared in court on 17 March 2008, following which he was cleared of charges. Naseem Hamed held the pay-per-view record in the United Kingdom up until he was surpassed by Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in 2002. Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed (; born 12 February 1974), commonly known as ""Prince"" Naseem or"
"born to Azra Begum and Mohammed Ashraf, a housewife and business owner in Lahore. Naeem who is also known as Nomme by his close friends and family grew up in a middle-class family with six brothers and three sisters, Naeem is the third eldest brother in the family. Naeem was educated at Muslim Model High School in Lahore and M.A.O. College in Lahore. In England, during a summer cricket match of 2000, Naeem met his soul mate Jasmine. Jasmine, a massive cricket fan came to watch the match but soon realised that the cricket match was not the only thing"
"""The Guardian"" and ""The Independent"". Naseem Khan was born in Birmingham, England, to Abdul Wasi Khan, a doctor from India, and Gerda (née Kilbinger), the daughter of a German trade unionist. After attending Roedean School, Khan studied for an English degree at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She went on to work as a journalist, editing Notting Hill's black magazine ""The Hustler"", with such contemporaries as Darcus Howe, becoming theatre editor at ""Time Out"" (1978–81), and subsequently working at ""City Limits"". She also wrote for the ""New Statesman"", where she had a column, and for ""The Guardian"", ""The Independent"" and ""Good"
"Mohammad Naseem Mohammad Naseem, (; 6 September 1924 – 22 April 2014), was a GP and later the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust (Birmingham Central Mosque), one of the largest and most prominent Islamic places of worship in the United Kingdom. Born in Amritsar in British India, Naseem was educated mainly in Pakistan and then in England, where he trained to become and worked as a GP for many years and also specialised in the medical procedure of circumcision, particularly for the British Muslim community. He was executive member of, and home affairs spokesman for, the Islamic Party of"
"Haseeb Hameed Haseeb Hameed (born 17 January 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm leg spin, and predominantly fields at short leg. Haseeb Hameed was born in Bolton on 17 January 1997 to parents who emigrated from the Bharuch district of Gujarat, India, and raised as a Muslim. His father Ismail is from Umraj village, a two hours drive from Surat, and his mother Najma is also Gujarati. Hameed was educated at Bolton School, and helped them become the first school from the north of England to win"
"clubs are Huddersfield Giants, Hull FC, Bradford Bulls, Hull Kingston Rovers, Wakefield Trinity, Castleford Tigers and Leeds Rhinos. In total six Yorkshiremen have been inducted into the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame amongst them is Roger Millward, Jonty Parkin and Harold Wagstaff. In the area of boxing ""Prince"" Naseem Hamed from Sheffield achieved title success and widespread fame, in what the BBC describes as ""one of British boxing's most illustrious careers"". Along with Leeds-born Nicola Adams who in 2012 became the first female athlete to win a boxing gold medal at the Olympics. Yorkshire also has an array of"
"Ali is a Muslim and a Liverpool Football Club fan. Nasim Ali Nasim ""Nash"" Ali, OBE (; born 7 February 1969) is a British Labour Party politician, councillor for Regent's Park, former Cabinet Member for Young People in Camden Council and former Mayor of Camden. In May 2003, at the age of 34, after being elected Mayor of Camden he became UK's youngest mayor as well as the first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor. Ali was born in Islam Pur, Shaporan, Sylhet District, Sylhet Division, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and came to the United Kingdom at the age of seven."
"was a boxer/ Prince Naseem, but I'm a mobster, Nas from Queens"". Hamed himself recorded a song with hip hop group Kaliphz called ""Walk Like a Champion"", which reached number 23 in the UK Singles Chart in 1996. Hamed had a licensed sports fighting game, ""Prince Naseem Boxing"", published by Codemasters for the PlayStation console in 2000. A portable version of the game was also released for the Game Boy Color, developed by Virtucraft, which later in 2002 developed a Mike Tyson based follow-up, ""Mike Tyson Boxing"", for the Game Boy Advance. Hamed also inspired a character called Prince Naseem"
"UK, was arrested in Portsmouth. Also new ly joined to the Eastenders cast Lorraine Stanley was born and raised in Portsmouth. Notable sportspeople from Portsmouth include Michael East, a Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning athlete, Rob Hayles, cyclist and Olympic Games medal winner, Tony Oakey, former British light-heavyweight boxing champion, and Alan Pascoe, an Olympic medallist. Sir Alec Rose, single-handed yachtsman, Katy Sexton, former world champion swimmer who won gold in the backstroke at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, and Roger Black, an Olympic medallist, were also born in Portsmouth. Portsmouth Portsmouth () is a port city in Hampshire,"
"Nasim Ali Nasim ""Nash"" Ali, OBE (; born 7 February 1969) is a British Labour Party politician, councillor for Regent's Park, former Cabinet Member for Young People in Camden Council and former Mayor of Camden. In May 2003, at the age of 34, after being elected Mayor of Camden he became UK's youngest mayor as well as the first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor. Ali was born in Islam Pur, Shaporan, Sylhet District, Sylhet Division, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and came to the United Kingdom at the age of seven. He grew up on the Regent's Park Estate. He attended"
"Nadeem Siddique Siddique was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. He supports his local football team Bradford City and his favorite boxer is Sugar Ray Robinson. As an amateur Siddique was a 5-time Yorkshire Champion, 2x English Champion, England Schoolboy Captain and National Schoolboy Champion. He made his boxing debut in 2002, and competed at both light-welterweight, and welterweight where he went on to win the BBBofC Central Area welterweight title by way of 4th round TKO. He was also British Masters Champion. Siddique prepared for a fight against undefeated Julius Odion, however the fight was cancelled. His first loss"
"Labour Party seat of Khalid Mahmood MP in Birmingham Perry Barr. He gained over 2,000 votes (5.6%); Labour retained the seat. Naseem was actively involved in Britain's post-9/11 anti-war movement led by the Stop the War Coalition. Mohammad Naseem died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham on 22 April 2014, aged 89. Mohammad Naseem Mohammad Naseem, (; 6 September 1924 – 22 April 2014), was a GP and later the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust (Birmingham Central Mosque), one of the largest and most prominent Islamic places of worship in the United Kingdom. Born in Amritsar in British India, Naseem"
"Prince Asem bin Nayef Prince Asem ""Abu Bakr"" bin Nayef () was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 27 April 1948. He is the son of Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (a younger son of Abdullah I of Jordan) and Princess Mihrimah Sultana Osmanoğlu (granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire). It is claimed he is the 42nd generation direct descendant of Muhammad. Prince Asem completed his high school education at Millfield School in Somerset, England. He earned his university degree in interior architecture in England of 1972. After university Prince Asem worked for several years in Spain with a"
"His twin brother Saleem also represented Cambridgeshire. Nadeem Mohammed Nadeem Mohammed (; born 5 September 1968) is a former English cricketer. Mohammed was a right-handed batsman who played bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Mohammed made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1992 Minor Counties Championship, making his debut in that competition against Staffordshire. From 1992 to 2000, he represented the county in 17 Minor Counties matches. He also represented the county in 15 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, with his final match for Cambridgeshire in that competition coming against the Leicestershire Cricket Board. Mohammed also represented"
"1968. He went on to umpire in 20 Test matches and 28 One Day Internationals before retiring in 2005. Another Somerset cricketer, Stephen Newton, was also born in Nailsea in 1853. The gymnast Charles Sederman, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, was born in Nailsea in 1881. Professional golfer Chris Wood grew up in Nailsea, and currently resides there. Nailsea Nailsea is a town in the unitary authority of North Somerset in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, approximately southwest of Bristol and about northeast of the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare. The nearest village is Backwell, which lies south"
"accolade, the freedom of the city. The thalidomide victim Terry Wiles, subject of the 1979 film ""On Giant's Shoulders"", was born in the city. In the sporting world, Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer, David Bentley, was born in the city., as does Louis Smith, who at the 2008 games became Great Britain's first gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal in a century. Chelsea Football player, currently on loan at Vitesse Arnhem footballer Isaiah Brown, was born in Peterborough, before joining Leicester City and later West Bromwich Albion, becoming the second youngest player to play in the Premier League. Three"
"in a 10-year anniversary commemoration of the end of Hamed's career, ""Requiem for Naseem"", referred to Hamed as ""the most talented fighter to ever live"", one of history's première featherweights and British boxers, and that while his career ended prematurely at the age of 28, he still managed to dominate his weight class for six years and boast some formidable achievements. Hamed was part of the 2015 class for the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In 2016, ESPN ranked Hamed at number 22 on its list of the top 25 pound-for-pound fighters of the last 25 years. Naseem Hamed was"
"London on 1 October 1923. Joe Beckett Joseph Beckett (4 April 1892 – 12 March 1965), also known by the nickname of ""Joe"", born in Wickham, Hampshire was an English professional light heavy/cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1910s and early 1920s, who won the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)) British heavyweight title, and British Empire heavyweight title, and challenged for the NSC British Light heavyweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title. Joe Beckett's first professional boxing bout was a knockout defeat by Packy Mahoney (Ireland) at the National Sporting Club,"
"youngest sister Anna Elise Bertha Hamel was born in London (6 October 1899). His family moved to England around 1899 to Kingston-upon-Thames and were naturalised as citizens around 1910. He was educated at Westminster School between 1901 and 1907. He learned to fly at the Blériot school at Pau, France in 1910 : after observing his first flight Louis Blériot commented that he had never seen a pilot with such natural ability. He obtained Aéro-Club de France's certificate no. 358 on 3 February 1911 and the Royal Aero Club's Aviator's certificate no. 64 on 14 February. In March he won"
"in 2005 for the people of Palestine and Gaza whereby he raised £52,000. He stated 'Me and Junior have been doing loads of things for charities and with our popularity in Bradford we always raise quite a few quid...'. The boxers later took part in a charity run to help raise funds for the same cause. Nadeem Siddique Siddique was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. He supports his local football team Bradford City and his favorite boxer is Sugar Ray Robinson. As an amateur Siddique was a 5-time Yorkshire Champion, 2x English Champion, England Schoolboy Captain and National Schoolboy"
"and added to London’s National Portrait Gallery’s public archive. Nasser Azam Nasser Azam (born 1963, in Jhelum, Pakistan) is a British contemporary artist, living and working in London. Nasser Azam was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1963, and moved to London with his parents when he was 7 years old (1970). He began painting in 1980, and in the same year embarked on a business degree at the University of Birmingham. In 1983 he also featured in a BBC documentary. In 2007, after an extended period living and travelling in Japan, America and Europe, Azam became Artist-in-Residence at the County"
"Nadeem Mohammed Nadeem Mohammed (; born 5 September 1968) is a former English cricketer. Mohammed was a right-handed batsman who played bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Mohammed made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1992 Minor Counties Championship, making his debut in that competition against Staffordshire. From 1992 to 2000, he represented the county in 17 Minor Counties matches. He also represented the county in 15 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, with his final match for Cambridgeshire in that competition coming against the Leicestershire Cricket Board. Mohammed also represented Cambridgeshire in List-A cricket, making his debut"
"hall and the boxing gym St Thomas' Boys & Girls Club was opened. Herol 'Bomber' Graham, undefeated in ten years is what Ingle would call ""the best person to come out of our gym,"" although perhaps Ingle is best known for being Naseem Hamed's mentor from the age of seven to 25. He has also trained former IBF Light Heavyweight titlist Clinton Woods and was the trainer of former WBC Light Welterweight titlist Junior Witter. He also was trainer of former WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson. He lived in Wincobank, Sheffield, just across the road from his gym, St Thomas'"
"Frampton and Dutch singer Wende Snijders (1978- ); pop/rock musician David Sylvian was born in the town, but was raised in nearby Catford. The actress and presenter Floella Benjamin (now Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham) grew up in Mackenzie Road, Beckenham. Other actors include Maurice Denham (1909–2002), and Simon Ward (1941–2012). Betty Box (1915–1999) and her brother Sydney (1907–1983) were film producers. There are many sportsmen, especially cricketers, plus Tom Pettitt (1859–1956), real tennis world champion 1885-90. Boxer David Haye, WBA champion, moved to Beckenham in 2010. Beckenham Beckenham is a post town and district of London in the London Borough"
"8 in the second innings, although India won the game by eight wickets. It was later announced he would miss the rest of the tour after flying home to have surgery on his finger. In January 2017, Hameed was awarded the Best at Sport award at the British Muslim Awards. Haseeb Hameed Haseeb Hameed (born 17 January 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm leg spin, and predominantly fields at short leg. Haseeb Hameed was born in Bolton on 17 January 1997 to parents who emigrated from the"
"he renounced his plans to contest the country’s presidential elections, citing legal obstacles. Nasheed said the Election Commission’s decision to reject his victory in a party primary poll was illegal and demanded that the authority be sanctioned. Nasheed was born in Malé, Maldives, to a middle-class family. He attended Majeediyya School in Maldives between 1971 and 1981. He continued his secondary school education at Overseas School of Colombo in Sri Lanka from 1981 to 1982 until he completed his GCE O Levels. In August 1982 he moved to England, where he completed his higher secondary education at Dauntsey's School in"
"Qasim Nisar Qasim Beg, formerly known as Qasim Nisar (), is an English kickboxer in the Super Lightweight division. Beg was born to in Birmingham, England to a British Pakistani family of Mughal descent. Beg initially studied Karate, however decided he wanted to engage in a more practical sport and took up Kickboxing. Within two and a half years Beg went on to win the English National title, two British titles, the European Championship and the Amateur World Championship belt, stating his goal was to compete at a professional world level. Beg took part in his first Amateur full contact"
"words smelt of tar, spunyarn, sound commonsense and humour."" The author, Commander Geoffrey Lowis RN, included a chapter on Beckett whom he thought a great character. Much of this article is drawn from that book. Beckett was born in Bilaspur in the Central Provinces of India on 25 March 1893. He was the younger son of Brigadier-General William Thomas Clifford Beckett CBE, DSO, VD (1862–1956) and Bessie Drummond Thomason, daughter of Major-General Charles Simeon Thomason (1833–1911) of the Bengal Royal Engineers. His older brother Clifford became Major-General Clifford Thomason Beckett CB, CBE, MC (1891–1972) of the Royal Artillery, who had"
"lives in Hayes, South East London, with the actress Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence and their daughters, Naomi and Amelia. Singer and actress Michelle Gayle is godmother to one of their daughters. Horace Notice Horace G. Notice () born in West Bromwich, is an English plasterer and, amateur and professional heavyweight boxer of the 1980s who as an amateur won the 1983 ABA Heavyweight Championship boxing out of the Nechells Green ABC (Birmingham. As a professional, Notice won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British heavyweight title, and Commonwealth heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 196 lb, to 212 lb.."
"Kashmiri ancestry and brought up in East London. His grandparents moved to London from Kashmir in 1940’s and settled in London respectively. He studied at the prestigious independent Brentwood School in Essex. He studied Law at University and did Acting training at New York Film Academy (New York), Kishore Namit Kapoor India, Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (New York) and Sanford Mesiner lab in New York. Asad grew up supporting West Ham United F.C. and is an avid Tennis and Football player. He is often seen volunteering with his local residents club to organise charity events. Upon graduating with a degree"